NAZI REPRISAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 23 October 1941, Page 5

NAZI REPRISAL

SHOOTING OF HOLTZ 50 HOSTAGES KXECUTKD EUIM’HER ACTION THREATENED (Rec. 9.0 a.m.) London, Oct. 22. ' A message from Vichy says that 50 hostages were shot at i Nantes yesterday as a reprisal ■ for the assassination of Lieuten-ant-Colonel Holtz, the German , regional commander. One colonel and three captains ' of the gendarmerie have been ' arrested in Nantes on the ground ! that they failed in their duty of; t maintaining peace. The German i authorities in Paris announced ; that “in view of the gravity of the crime” 50 more hostages will be shot if the assassin of Holtz is not arrested before midnight on ; 23rd October. A reward of 15,000,000 francs has been offered for information leading to arrests. The removal of bolts from a rail caused the derailment of the engine and 26 trucks of a good train, near • Pavilly, between Rouen and Le Havre. The damage was considerable. 1 Czech quarters in London learn that more than 1000 Italians have recently ’ been killed in the fighting in Montfr- ; negro. Seven members of Parliament, ; who were appointed to posts by the 1 Italians, were killed by patriots as traitors. QUISLIXGITE ORDER The Stockholm correspondent of “The Times” says that Major Quisling’s j Ministry of Justice has authorised the 1 Norwegian State police to arrest per- ; sons who are considered to be politic- j ally unreliable and to hold them without trial. Hitherto only the German I police were given this right. Sixty thousand Belgian farmers have ' been accused of not having delivered to the collecting offices established since the German occupation all the corn they have harvested this year, ; says the independent Belgian news , agency, and many have already been : sentenced for the offence. ; It is a curious fact that under the German regulations those farmers who have sons who are prisoners of war in | Germany are allowed to retain 150 kilos of grain for each son, against his ; return home. If the prisoners are not j freed within six months the father 1 [ must deliver half of this to the authorities and the remainder at the 1 end of the year if the son is still a prisoner.—U.P.A. ANOTHER GERMAN OFFICER KILLED ARREST OF FURTHER HOSTAGES DEMANDED Vichy, Oct. 22. Another German officer was assassinated at Bordeaux on 21st Oc- ; tober. Four youths, believed to be rej sponsible, escaped. The Germans have ! demanded the arrest of a further 50 hostages.—U.P.A. APPEALS BY VICHY LEADERS TO CEASE SHOOTING THE GERMANS KILLING OF HOSTAGES CONFIRMED 'Rec.. noon) Vichy, Oct.. 22. The German shot at Bordeaux was a major and the assassins used similar; methods as the previous attackers and ; i escaped on bicycles. Marshal Petain j broadcast four appeals to the French ,to cease shooting the Germans. He j j emotionally attributed the assassinations to foreign powers. Admiral, Darlan twice broadcast a similar 1 appeal. Both Marshal Petain’s and Ad. Imiral Darlan’s broadcasts began al- , most immediately the last shooting.iwere disclosed. Marshal Petain confirming that fifty hostages had been shot for the killing of Holtz said that lan additional fifty would be shot tomorrow unless the culprits were found.' “The stream of blood again flows in I France. Such a ransom is horrible and I i does not bring true culprits to light., Frenchmen’s task is clear. You must' bring an end to this killing by bringing the assailants to justice. We have no right to take up arms again to 1 shoot Germans in the back." Admiral Durian after broadcasting' i rushed to Paris at the demand of the j Germans—U.P.A.